Universities Benefit From Their Faculties' Unionization, Study Finds

By Peter Schmidt

An unusual new study of the effects of faculty unionization on
public universities—rather than on just faculty members
themselves—reaches the controversial conclusion that such
institutions generally become more efficient and effective when
their professors form collective-bargaining units.

"Unionization contributes to lower budgets, higher graduation
rates, and a greater number of degrees and completions," says a
draft report on the study's findings scheduled to be